Handsome Devil

2016

Ireland

1h 35min

Directed by: John Butler

Cast: Fionn O'Shea, Nicholas Galitzine, Andrew Scott

Ned (O’Shea) is a young misfit in an authoritarian boarding school, forced to share a room with good-looking, charismatic Conor (Galitzine), but who finds guidance from unconventional teacher Dan Sherry (Scott). Scott gives a lively performance and O’Shea and Galitzine are impressive, but the details are unpersuasive and the story lacks originality.

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Reviews & features

GFF features a number of films that explore LGBT history and culture

If you belong to a minority group, the world continues to be a confusing and strange place. The politics of the day have isolated and oppressed large groups of people and society seems to be increasingly veering towards being opposed to difference of…

It's not easy being a gay teenager at a rugby-mad Irish school. Writer-director John Butler's semi-autobiographical comedy drama is a deliberate rebuke to the short shrift that LGBT issues were given in the classic 1980s Brat Pack movies, offering just…

Writer-director John Butler plus stars Fionn O'Shea and Nicholas Galitzine discuss the film ahead of its Glasgow Film Festival the opening gala

'And these children that you spit on. As they try to change their worlds. Are immune to your consultations. They're quite aware of what they're going through... '
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Former Doctor Who actor to attend world premiere of Mad To Be Normal

GFF Opening and Closing Gala films stay close to home with the respective announcement of the European premiere of Irish drama Handsome Devil and the world premiere of RD Laing biopic Mad To Be Normal, starring David Tennant